Bible Dictionary
Jerubbesheth
Jerubbesheth is a form of Jerubbaal, the name of Gideon. “Besheth,” meaning shame, replaced “Baal” in this form of the name.
Definition
Jerubbesheth is a form of Jerubbaal, the name of Gideon. Its first element retains the sense of contending, while Besheth means “shame” or “shameful thing.”
Biblical Usage
Jerubbesheth occurs once as a name for Gideon. It corresponds to Jerubbaal in the account of Israel’s leaders.
Historical Background
The supplied material explains that later editors substituted bosheth, “shame,” for baal, “lord,” in names associated with Baal. This produced forms such as Jerubbesheth.
Scripture References
Related Figures
Historical Bible Dictionaries
Easton's Bible Dictionary
Contender with the shame; i.e., idol, a surname also of Gideon (2 Sam. 11:21).
Smith's Bible Dictionary
(contender with the shame), a name of Gideon. (2 Samuel 11:21)
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>jer-ub-be'-sheth, je-rub'-e-sheth (yerubbesheth, see JERUBBAAL, for meaning): It is found once (2Sa 11:21) for JERUBBAAL.</p><p>The word bosheth, "shameful thing," was substituted by later editors of the text for ba`al, "lord," in the text of Jer 3:24; Ho 9:10; in 2Sa 2:8, etc., we find Ish-bosheth = Eshbaal (Ishbaal) in 1Ch 8:33; 9:39. The reason for this was reluctant to pronounce the word Ba`al, which had by their time been associated with Canaanitic forms of worship. In 2Sa 11:21 Septuagint, Lucian, has "Jeroboal," which Septuagint, Codex Vaticanus, has corrupted to "Jeroboam." Compare MERIB-BAAL; MEPHIBOSHETH; and see Ginsburg, New Massoretico-Critical Text of the Hebrew Bible, Intro, 400 ff. For a New Testament case compare Ro 11:4 and see Sanday and Headlam at the place.</p><p>See JERUBBAAL.</p><p>David Francis Roberts</p>